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(/ Rev. David Weston^ writer of the follow- ^ 



^ ing Report, is Pastor of the Pleasant Street ^ 

il Church, (Baptist) Worcester, Mass. \ 

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y We publish it for circulation among the friends y 

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y at home, because it gives so fair and full a picture 

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^ of the Delegate "Work of the U. S. Christian Com- -^ 

y mission. There are between two aiyi three hundred \ 

Delegates now in the field doing similar service, ac- •■, 

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•y cording to the nature of the Avork required. Can \J 

\ words express or figures estimate the value and in- '-^ 

'\ fluence of such service? Will not heaven be the U 

happier and earth more blessed for this Christian ^ 



U devotion? Is not this a period of harvest for i' 

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\ the Church ? The Christian Commission has v' 
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D, T. Merkley. 
15 Ap 1907 



AMONG THE WOUNDED 



EXPERIENCE OF A DELEGATE. 

Worcester, Mass., July 28lh, 1864. 
IvEv. Lemuel Moss, 

Dear Brother, 

^' yo'"' request I send you a detailed re- 
port of my labors and experiences as Delegate of the 
United States Christian Commission 
_ On the 16th of May, 1864, 1 started from Washino-ton 
m company with several other delegates of the Christian 
Commission, to labor in the hospitals at Fredericksburg 
We went down the Potomac as far as Belle Plain by 
steamboat, and thence, with our blankets strapped upon 
our backs, and our haversacks and canteens huno- from 
our shoulders, set out for Fredericksburg, twelve or fif- 
teen miles distant, on foot. 

Shortly after leaving Belle Plain, wc met a train of 
ambulances. As the drivers stopped at the top of the 
hill to give their horses a minute's rest, we went up to 
the wagons filled with wounded men, wearied and ex- 



haustcd with four hours' riding over a rough road and 
beneath a broiling sun, spoke to them a few words of 
cheer, and gave them coffee from our canteens. They 
recognized immediately the badge of the Commission, 
and greeted us with heartiness and joy. Several said, "I 
owe my life to your Commission, and so do hundreds 
more." " Hurry on," said one, " you're needed at Frede- 
ricksburg. There are thousands upon thousands just 
like us there, with none but you Christians to help them." 
One poor man attracted my particular notice; all his 
lower jaw, together with his tongue, were shot away. I 
gave a drink from my canteen to his companions in the 
ambulance, and turned away, when a murmur or groan 
from him recalled me, and he handed me a cup in which 
I poured some coffee, which he took, and, throwing back 
his head, turned down his throat, again murmuring or 
groaning to express his thanks. 

It was nightfall when we arrived at Fredericksburg. 
We inquired for the rooms of the Christian Commission. 
" Come with me," said a soldier with his arm in a sling: 
" the Commission has done much for me, and I am glad 
to do any thing to repay it;" and he went with us, full 
three-fourths of a mile, to the very door of the house we 
were seeking. 

The house and tents of the Commission were already 
filled with delegates. I was obliged to build my own 
sleeping room, which I did by tipping over two large 
boxes in the garden, one for my head and one for my 
feet, laying boards between them and stretching some 
matting over them. My house did very well, except in 
rain storms, wheu it was somewhat leaky. I lodged there 
for a week. 



Before breakfast^ on the morning after my arrival, I 
ran out to look through the city. It was a fearful sight. 
All the public buildings, churches, halls, and school- 
houses, and most of the private dwellings, were hospitals. 
The wounded lay on floors, or, a few of them, on roughly 
extemporized cots, so close to each other that it was dif- 
ficult to pass between them, pierced and mangled in every 
way in which men could be and remain alive, a large 
proportion with limbs freshly amputated, many evidently 
near to death, almost all with countenances which told of 
suffering great and severe, but heroically borne. As I 
looked upon the dreadful sight, and breathed the fetid 
hospital air, I said, at first, " I can never work in such a 
place : I must return." It was only a sense of duty that 
determined me to try. 

I was assigned to work, with other delegates, on the 
second floor of the " Old Factory," used as the hospital of 
the 5th army corps. I found there wounded men 
stretched side by side in six rows, extending through an 
apartment seventy or eighty feet in length, perhaps two 
hundred men in all. 

In the early morning, filling our haversacks, pockets, 
and hands, with medicines, delicacies of food, articles of 
clothing, writing paper, envelopes, Testaments, and other 
religious books, pamphlets, papers, tracts, and whatever 
else we had found to be needful, we would hasten to our 
places of labor. First, we would do what we could for 
the comfort of the body, — washing and dressing the 
wounds, washing the faces, hands, and bodies, changing 
the clothing, giving medicine and food such as sick men 
need, changing the position, trying in every way to make 
the wounded heroes comfortable and cheerful. The sur- 



gcoiis and nurses welcomed us, and co-operated witli us, 
for their work was hard, and tlieir hospital stores nearly 
exhausted, and for several days they shared with us their 
own rations, rather than suffer us to walk in the hot sun 
to the Commission rooms, nearly a mile, for our dinner. 
After doing what we could for the comfort of the body, 
we would bring in our books and tracts and distribute to 
the wounded men, write letters for them to friends at 
home, talk to them of Jesus and of their own souls, read 
to them from the Bible, and pray with them. There 
was no difficulty in approaching them, learning the feel- 
ings of their hearts, and impressing them with the im- 
portance of eternal things. They were ready and ever 
eager to hear. The fearful scenes they had witnessed, 
the dangers they had met, the sufferings they had en- 
dured, had softened and subdued them, and already di- 
rected the thoughts of many to the interests of their 
souls. Many were near to death, and felt the need of 
salvation. Besides this, all felt that we had done them 
good. They could not but respect that religion that had 
prompted the benevolence to which they owed so much; 
they could not but listen to us as we urged its claims 
upon them. I heard no sneer at religion. Christians, or 
the church. The comforts which they all enjoyed had 
demonstrated to them that religion was not all emptiness. 
The Spirit of God was there, impressing all these 
thoughts upon them, and making it easy and pleasant 
work for us to labor for their souls. Often they would 
call, or send for us, to come and talk with them. 

We found many noble Christians, who had held fast 
their integrity and grown strong amid all the temptations 
of war. 



I shall never forget the prayer offered at one of our 
meetings, by one who had recently suffered amputation of 
the right arm. He knelt upon an empty cot and poured 
out his soul in supplication for the eternal welfare of his 
suffering and dying comrades. His frame quivered with 
emotion as he wrestled with Grod, and we all felt that 
Grod was with him. There was many a tear shed before 
he closed, and then, when we asked those who desired to 
be Christians to raise their hands, many a hand was 
raised showing that many a heart had been touched. 

" Will you come to-morrow morning and write a letter 
for me to my wife?" said one. "I have found no one 
to write for me since I was wounded. I would ask you 
to write now, if it were not Sunday. I have never al- 
lowed myself to write letters on the Sabbath, and my wife 
would think it strange to receive a letter from me dated 
to-day." The next morning he said, " Write to her that 
my heart is filled with the love of God. Tell her of the 
good meetings we have, and say, that though I cannot 
sit or stand, I find it blessed to lie here and see the work 
of God go on." 

" I do not grieve for my limbs," said another, who had 
lost both his legs: "I am content to suffer, to live maimed 
and helpless, or to die, in the cause of my country and 
of God." He lived to be removed to Washington, and 
shortly after died. 

There were some lately enlisted as soldiers of Christ, 
for the Spirit of God had been working in the hospitals 
before I reached there, and in the army before the men 
were wounded. 

" Thank God," said one, who lay on the floor, mortally 
wounded through the lungs, " that this did not come 



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upon mc before. Until a few days ago I should have 
been unprepared. I went to re-enlist and came back, I 
hope, a Christian. the goodness of God, to prepare 
me just in time. Now, I am ready either for life or for 
death." 

I found one, a Michigan boy, whose gratitude and 
complete confidence I gained by once or twice substi- 
tuting for his loathed hard tack, a few soft crackers and 
a little milk. He had just begun to trust in Christ, but 
was timid and doubtful. I told him of the certainty of 
acceptance to all who would believe — the full confidence 
with which the sinner might plead the promise of salva- 
tion through Christ, and his faith seemed to strengthen. 
The next day the grateful soldier spnt for me, and said, 
" Under my pillow you will find a letter. It contains 
fifty cents worth of postage stamps; they were sent me, 
a little while ago, by my sister. I want you to take 
them, and keep them to remember me. They are all I 
have to give." I declined the gift, assuring him that I 
should never forget him. I never shall; and yet, if I 
had one of those postage stamps now, I should prize it 
higher than a gem. 

Many were anxiously seeking salvation; not a few, I 
trust, were born again, through God's blessing on our 
labors. As we held religious services, many, by the 
lifted hand, would express their interest, and request our 
prayers. 

" Chaplain," said one, " will you please come and talk 
with me?" I found him just ready, or just beginning 
to hope in Christ. As I told him of the way of life, he 
seemed to accept it with real faith. His anxiety and 
distress were succeeded by peace and happiness. At his 



request, I wrote to his wife the tidings of his new spiri- 
tual interest and joy, and invited her to join him in a 
Christian life. Nearly three weeks afterwards, one day 
as I was working in a hospital, in Washington, a stran- 
ger entered, and, inquiring and being told my name, 
grasped my hand, and said, " I am the brother-in-law of 
J C , for whom you wrote a letter, in Frede- 
ricksburg. I have come to take him home. His wife 
charged me not to return till I had made every possible 
effort to see you, and thank you for your kind labors 
with her husband^ and the good letter you wrote to her." 
"Grod has called loudly for me,'' said another, "and 
though I have not yet found the way of life, I hope his 
calls will not prove in vain. I stood fighting in six or 
eight inches of water. I fell just as the word was given 
to retreat. The rebels pursued, and charged over me. 
Soon they in turn retreated, j)assing over me again, 
kicking me, and ordering me into the ranks. When 
they had gone I crawled in the water three hundred 
yards, till I reached our lines, and as I crawled, 0, how 
I prayed. I have been praying ever since, and am de- 
termined to pray till Grod hears my prayers." 
• One who was wounded dangerously, perhaps fiitally, 
said to me, " Chaplain, I have always been a Universal- 
ist, but now I am troubled and fearful: my sins are 
great. I have been a bad boy : what am I to do ? Must 
I give up all my former views?" I took his Testament 
and said, "Do you believe this book to be true?" " 0, 
yes." ''All true?" "Yes." I read the twenty-fifth 
chapter of Matthew, and then said, " Answer me your 
question now: must you give up Universalism, or not?" 
"Yes," he replied; "I see that I must." I then told 
him of the way of life, simply and only through faith in 



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Christ. "Stop, Chaplain," said he; ^^rcad it, read me 
that from the Bible/' I read the third chapter of John. 
''Yes,'' said he, ''that is it; I see it now," and as I talk- 
ed with him I hoped he saw it in faith, to the salvation 
of his soul. A day or two afterwards he suffered a dan- 
gerous and painful operation. When it was over, ex- 
hausted and excited, he said, "Chaplain, I am dying 
now. I shall never see my mother and my home, but 
through Christ I shall have a better home. Sing to me ; 
sing, " There's rest for the weary." The surgeons gave 
him a quieting potion, and soon he was sleeping. I 
never saw him again. 

Such were the incidents of my labor at Fredericks- 
burg. I remained there until the place was evacuated. 
I bade the wounded men good bye' as they were placed 
in the ambulances, and when my ward was quite emptied 
set out myself for Washington. 

From Falmouth to Acquia Creek I was with a train 
of wounded men, rendering them such service as I could, 
as they lay, almost broiling, in open lumber cars, under 
a noon-day sun. At Acquia Creek I helped load a steam- 
boat with three hundred wounded, and from there to 
Washington I helped take care of them. Many wounds 
required dressing, the bandages being displaced. Many 
were injured in moving, and were suffering extremest 
pain. They were hungry, and there was no food. A 
heavy thunder storm arose and beat in upon the open 
decks where they were lying, drenching them to the 
skin. It was a fearful night. 

It was late when I reached Washington. The rooms 
of the Commission were closed, and I knew must be 
filled with delegates who had returned, like myself, from 



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Fredericksburg. I lay down on the door-step and slept 
till morning. 

I was immediately appointed to work in Judiciary 
Square Hospital. I found it a different place from the 
"Old Factory'' at Fredericksburg. Every thing possi- 
ble was done for the physical comfort of its inmates. 
The wards were neat, well ventilated, furnished with 
comfortable cots, and other hospital furniture. It seemed 
at first sight they had no need of me; and yet I soon 
found enough to do. Besides the regular rations al- 
lowed the wounded, they needed delicacies and incite- 
ments to appetite, such as sick men always want; they 
needed articles of clothing, which Grovernment did not 
give, and they had not money to buy; they needed re- 
ligious reading, and snatched at it as a hungry man 
would snatch at food : at first I could not carry books 
and papers enough with me to supply during the half 
day the men with whom I labored. Especially they 
needed religious conversation and counsel. "I have 
been here many weeks," said one man, a Presbyterian 
eldc;r, "and you are the first one whom I have heard 
mention religion." "How good it seems to hear once 
more the voice of prayer," said another. "All the 
while that I have been here, prayer has been offered in 
this ward only once." And yet the Spirit of God was 
evidently working in the hearts of the men; and a score, 
I doubt not, among the three hundred that the hospital 
contained, were there inquiring in their own hearts the 
way of life. 

Two mere boys I found lying side by side, who had 
tconfided to each other their feelings, and together de- 
crmined to seek religion. Together th ey told me their 



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decision, and asked for counsel. One of tlicm soon gave 
me reason for strong confidence, the other for hope, that 
Grod gave them the Hght which they were seeking. 

As I passed out one afternoon, to return to the rooms 
of the Commission, I saw a young man, apparently near 
to death. "I must speak to him now," thought I, "to- 
morrow he will probably be gone." I asked, " Have you 
a good ho-pQ in Christ?" "No," he replied, "I wish I 
had. Jesus seems good and lovely, and I want to love 
him; but I am so great a sinner, I fear that I do not." 

I talked with him awhile, and when I ceased he said, 
"I know it is all confusion here, (they were just bring- 
ing in freshly wounded men,) but please kneel down, 
right here, and pray with me." I did so joyfully, and 
when I left the dying man he wis hoping that he was 
accepted of God, in which hope I could not but join. 

One day I met a man from near my own home. I 
talked with him a few minutes, and left him, not feeling 
that any deep impression was made. A few days later 
I held an evening meeting at the "Soldiers' llest," and 
at its close, a man seized my hand and said, "Don't you 
remember the Worcester county boy with whom you 
talked at the hospital. I am now going to rejoin my 
regiment. I have thought much of what you said, and 
I go resolved to be a Christian man. Don't forget to 
pray for me. I will pray for myself till God shall hear. 
If I ever get back to old Worcester county again, I shall 
come and see you." 

Thus I labored nearly two weeks at Washington. 

Then came loud and repeated calls from White House, 
" Send us all the men you can;" and it was thought best 
that I should leave the hospital and go. 



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At White House I found the men lying by hundreds 
in their hospital tents, with nothing but a blanket, and 
often not even that, between them and the ground, dirty, 
often covered with vermin, with nothing but hard tack 
to eat, suffering intensely from recent and neglected 
wounds, dying at a fearful rate. We had need of far 
more stores than we could transport thither, and every 
day we witnessed much of suffering that we knew pro- 
per care, and medicine, and food, would soon alleviate. 
We gave the wounded men what we had. The luxu- 
ries of clean garments and soft crackers we were able to 
bestow, and that was enough to gain their heartfelt grati- 
tude. The pail of tea which I carried around after din- 
ner was most gratefully received, and many a one said 
as he took and drank his portion, "This makes me 
think of home." It was a far different field of labor 
from that at Fredericksburg or at Washington. There 
was more confusion and tumult, more destitution and 
suffering, more profanity, far less serious thought and 
religious interest. 

I went around to the different tents one evening, and 
said, " Soldiers, shall we have family prayers?" "Yes, 
yes," they all answered, in every tent. " We always had 
them at home," said one. " We are certainly bad boys 
enough to need them," said another; and others an- 
swered, " That is too true." As I bade them good night, 
they said, at every tent, "Thank you!" " Come again!'' 
"Come every night!" 

One night, as I returned from my work, a man came 
running, and cried, " Chaplain, come quickly; there is a 
man dying." Is he a Christian, I asked, as I hastened 
to go. "No," was the reply, "he was a hard boy." 



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'' Pray for me," said the dying man, as I entered his 
tent; and I prayed that God would help him, in his last 
moments, to believe in Christ. " You have been a great 
sinner," said I, as I rose from my knees. " yes," he 
replied, " a great sinner." I told him of the dying thief; 
" 0, it is sweet to think of that," said he. I spoke of 
Christ's invitation and promise to all, and the certainty 
that all who will trust in him shall be saved. " what 
precious truth/' he gasped, " how good to die with such 
assurance of mercy, if I will believe." Clasping his 
hands, he prayed for pardon, through Christ. Then he 
gave me the address of his mother, and said, " \Yrite to 
her, and tell her that I die happily, trusting in Christ." 
Almost, as he spoke these words, he was gone. 

I remained but a few days at White House. The ex- 
cessive labor, the unwholesome air, and water, and diet, 
were too much for my health. I was brought away with 
the wounded, on a litter. 

Such are some of the incidents of my work. Every 
day's experience with the wounded showed me the 
greatness of the work of the Christian Commission, and 
the importance of sustaining it. This, of all benevolent 
operations, the churches cannot afford to let languish. 
In sustaining it, they are not only accomplishing wonder- 
ful results of good for the kingdom of the Master, in the 
present, but are securing for themselves rich rewards in 
the future, when the soldiers of the camps and hospitals 
shall return to their homes. God grant that this great 
missionary enterprise may be appreciated and sustained 
as it deserves. 

Very truly, yours, 

David Weston. 



READING MATTER. 

Send no trash. Soldiers deserve the best. A library is a valuable 
hygienic appliance. For the able-bodied, good publications are men- 
tal and spiritual food. For convalescents, lively, intei-esting books, 
the monthlies, the pictorials, works of art, science, and literature, as 
well as those for moral and spiritual culture, such as you would put 
into the hands of a brother recovering. 

Stationery is much needed, paper, envelopes, and pencils. 

HOW TO PACK. 

Pack in boxes. Barrels are not as good. Secure well. Boxes 
should not be so large that two cannot conveniently lift them into a 
wagon. Pack eatables by themselves. Never pack perishable arti- 
cles, such as oranges, lemons, bread, cakes, nor jars of jellies and 
jams, with other goods. Tin cans should be soldered; all other 
modes fail. Stone jars should be corked and firmly bound with 
oiled linen or leather over the cork, and packed closely in saw-dust 
or hay, in boxes never exceeding a dozen and a hfilf in a box, and 
nailed strongly, to bear rough handling. Jellies in tumblers, covered 
with })aper, and wines, cordials, Ac, in bottles, with paper or other 
poor stoppers, are liable to spill out, and if packed with other things, 
sure to injure them. 

HOW TO MARK. 

Mark with paint or ink on the board, — cards rub oflF, — in plain 
letters and figures. On one corner, the number of the box according 
to the number sent by you in all, numbering your first box -=-l, your 
second ■■•■2, your third *3, and so on from the first sent to the last. 
On another corner, mark each box as from your Society, giving the 
name, and conspicuously also mark as follows : 
"George H. Stuart, 

Chairman Christian Commission, 

11 Bank Street, Philadelphia," 
or whatever other name, (see list on the cover, — next page) as may 
be most convenient. 

To secure acknowledgments, and to save trouble, also send an in- 
voice or list by mail, on paper (the common letter sheet size) written 
only on one side, specifying each box or barrel by number, and giv- 
ing the contents of each by itself. Give your own name and post- 
office in full, with the name of your State. Place also another list 
or invoice of the same kind in the box under the lid, and if with this 
last you place also an -envelope addressed to yourself, with a postage 
stamp upon it, you may sometimes, — not always, — have it returned 
to you through the mail, with the signature of the delegate, and the 
name of the hospital camp where he distributed it. 

Write plainly. Above all, Avrite 3'our own name distinctly, and to 
save embarrassment, give your address in full, especially whether 
Miss or Mrs. or lie v. 



Inforiimtioii unit |nstrHctiflE abut Storts. 

All good and suitable stores are welcomed, and all necessary freight 
and charges })aid on them by the Commission, and are distributed 
by delegates of the Christian Commission jiersonally. 

\VHAT TO SEND. 

Money, by all means, if possible. To invest money in articles to 
send is unwise. 

The Commission can purchase exactly what is wanted, at the very 
moment when needed most, and as a Commission at wholesale cheaper 
than others. 

CLOTHING, ETC. 

Cotton shirts. Pillow-cases, 

Cotton drawers. Bed-ticks (single for filling with 

Canton flannel shirts and draw- straw,) 

ers. Pillows, 

Surgical shirts and drawers (with Pads, for fractured limbs, 

tajje strings to tie instead of Ring pads, for wounds, 

seams at the sides,) Fans, 

Large cotton drawers (to wear Netting, to protect from flies, 

in-doors as pants,) Housewife?, stored with needles, 

Dressing gowns, threa"d, buttons, pins, &e. 

Slippers (if of cloth or carpet. Handkerchiefs, 

with stiff soles,) Wash-rags, 

Sheets, Old linen. 

BERRIES, ERUIT, VEGETABLES. 

As this is the season for these articles in their freshness and 
abundance, remember their special and great value for the soldiers 
both fresh and preserved. 

POOD, ETC. 

Oat meal, Soda biscuit. Onions, in barrels. 

Farina, Butter crackers. Apples, in barrels, 

Corn starch, Boston crackers. Cranberries, 

Dried rusk, Pickles, Good butter, in small jars. 

Jellies, Jams, Dried fruits. 

In special cases, eggs, bread, cakes, <fee., are needed, but not 
generally. They should never be sent unless specially called for. 

FOR BEVERAGES. 

Good black tea. Chocolate, Lemons, Syrups. 

All preparations of the Blackbeny are of double value. 

STIMULANTS. 

Good brandy, Madeira wine. Port wine. Cordials. 

Domestic wines are excellent in winter, apt to spoil in summer. 



COMMUNICATIONS AND OONTEIBUTIONS 

For the UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION may bo sent to any of the following 
places, as may he most convenient, addressed to the persons designated. 

PHILADELPHIA.— Letters to Rev.W. E. Boardnian, Rev. Lemuel Moss, or Rev. 
Bernice D. Ames, 11 Bank Street; money to Joseph Patterson, at the West- 
ern Bank ; stores to George II. Stuart, 11 Bank Street. 

NEW YORK. — Letters and supplies to Nathan Bishop, 30 Bible House; mo- 
ney to James 31. Brown, 59 Wall Street. 

BOSTON. — Letters to Charles Demond, 4 Court Street; money to Joseph 
Storey, 112 Tremont Street; stores to L. P. Roland, Tremont Temple. 

PITTSBURG.— Letters to Robert C. Totten; money to Joseph Albree, 71 
Wood Street; stores to W. P. Weyman, 79 Smithfiekl Street. 

CINCINNATI.— Letters to Rev. J. F. Marlay; money to W.T.Perkins, 17 
West Third Street; sui)plies to A. E. Chamberlain, Rooms Christian Com- 
mission, 51 Vine Street. 

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— Letters to C. N. Todd; money to James M. Ray ; sup- 
plies to G. W. Clippinger. 

CHICAGO.— Letters to B. F. Jacobs, P. 0. Box 5801; money to John V. Far- 
well; supplies to Rooms Young Men's Christian Association, Methodist 
Church Block. 

ST. LOUIS.— Letters to J. H. Parsons, Daily Union Office; money to Edward 
Ticknor; supplies to Isaac S. Smyth, Christian Commission Office, under 
Lindell Hotel. 

DETROIT. — Communications and money to C. F. Clarke, and supplies to E. C. 

BALTIMORE.— Letters to Rev. J. McJilton; money to Rev. Geo. P.Hays; 

stores to G. S. Griffiths, 77 West Baltimore Street. 
BUFFALO, N. Y.— Communications to Rev. S. Hunt; money toF. Gridley; 

supplies to John D. Hill, M. D. 
TROY, N. Y.— Letters and money to F. P. Allen ; supplies to J. H. Willard. 
HARRISBURG, PA. — Communications, money and supplies to Rev. T. H. 

Robinson. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. — Communications, money and supplies to Oliver D. 

Grosvenor. 
WASHINGTON, D. C— Communications, money and supplies to William Bal- 

lantyne, 498 Seventh Street, or Rev. J. J. Abbott, cor. 10th and H Streets; 
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Communications, money and supplies to J. Edward 

Hardy, care of J. G. Dodge & Co., 325 Main Street. 
PEORIA, ILL. — Money to Theo. Higbee; communications and supplies to 

William Reynolds. 
FREDERICK, MD. — Communications, money and supplies to Gideon Bantz. 
H AGERSTOWN, MD. — Communications, money and supplies to Rev. Mr.Evans. 
PORTLAND, ME. — Communications and supplies to Thomas R. Hayes ; money 

to C. Sturtdivanf. 
BANGOR, ME.— Communications, money and supplies to T. G. Stickney. 
PROVIDENCE, R. I.— Money to John W. Vernon ; communications and sup- 
plies to Dea. W. J. King. 
BROOKLYN, N. Y.— Communications to Rev. J. B. Waterbury, D. D.; supplies 

to W. S. Griffiths, and money to Samuel B. Caldwell. 
ALBANY, N. Y.— Supplies to Thos. W.Olcott; letters to Levi Dedrick; money 

to Wm. McElroy. 
LAMBERTVILLE, N. J.— Supplies and money to J. A. Anderson; letters to 

C. Pierson. 
WHEELING, W. V. — Communications, monev and supplies to R. Crangle. 
CLEVELAND, 0.— Letters to Rev. L. F. Mullen; money to S. H. Mather; 

supplies to Stillman Witt. 
ST. PAUL'S, MINN.— Letters to II. M. Knox; money to D. D. Merrill; sup- 
plies to D. W. Ingersoll. 
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Letters to Rev. E. Thomas, 711 Mission Street; 

moiu^y to P. Sather, (Satiier & Co.) supplies to J. B. Roberts. 
SACRAMENTO, CAL.— Lntters to Rev. J. S. McDonald; money to Dr. R. H. 

McDonald; supplii«« to Rev. N. R. Peck. 
STOCKTON, CAL.— Communications and money to Rev. R. Happersett, D. D, 



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GEO. II. STUART, Esq., Chairman. 

JOSEPH PATTERSON, Esq., Trfasnr»r. 

Rev. W. E. BOARDMAN, "ie.cretanj. 

Rev. LEMUEL MOSS, Serre/uri/ Home On/anization. 

Rev. BERN ICE D. AMES, SfcrHan/ Field Orf/anization. 



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Rev. Bishop E. S. JANES, D. D., N. Y. 
C. DEMOND, Esq., Boston, Muss. 
JOHN P. CROZER, Ea(i., Philutlelphiu, 
JAY COOKE, Esq., 
JOSEPH PATTERSON, Esq., " 
Rev. Bishop M. SIM PSON, D.D.," 



STEPHEN COLWELL, Esq., Philada. 
WILLIAM E. DODGE, E8q.,NewYork. 
Rev. HERMAN DYER, D. D., " 
W. S.GRIFFITHS.Eflq., Brooklyn,N.Y. 
(J. 8. GRIFFITHS, Esq., Baltimore, Md. 
H. G. JONES, Esq., Phlladolphia. 
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